National Holiday
This 7 day holiday is one of two such Golden Weeks in China. The other is the Spring Festival holiday or what we know as Chinese New Year. These holidays encourage domestic tourism and gives people time to travel to visit distant hometowns. Since only 3 of the days are paid, we had to work on the Saturday and Sunday before the holiday to make up the full 7 days off.
True to the intent, lots of people take advantage of it to travel, see the family or go to tourist destinations. That’s precisely why we decided to stay put instead of fighting our way through the masses of people. I was watching the news last night and they were saying how the transportation systems were being taxed because of everyone trying to get home. They also showed the snake of people on the Great Wall and other sites arou
nd Beijing, especially the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube, which were opened to the public for the first time this week.
59th Anniversary of the PRC
Foreign teachers were invited to a banquet celebrating the 59th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It was held at the swanky Sofitel hotel downtown. The evening got started with a performance from the army band seen here. While we enjoyed a buffet of delicious Chinese and Western dishes, we were treated to a variety of folk music performances. We really enjoyed our roasted potatoes! We haven’t had much “western” food for a while now and didn’t quite appreciate how much we missed it. Funny what you miss.
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